A Christian street preacher arrested in Bristol for ‘inciting religious hatred’ has seen a police investigation dropped in a ‘win for free speech’.
Dia Moodley, 58, was arrested in November 2025 after giving a street sermon which criticised Islam and transgender ideology, according to his legal counsel, the faith-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) UK.
But Avon and Somerset Police dropped a hate crime investigation into the evangelical pastor on April 8, saying ‘no further action will be taken’.
Mr Moodley said the decision was a ‘win for free speech’ and added he should never have been investigated.
‘I never should have been arrested, treated
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